Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/2
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Bernina-Bahngesellschaft Ge 2/2 Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/2 | |
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Graubünden, Switzerland | |
Current owner | Rhaetian Railway |
Disposition | Both still in service |
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/2 is a class of small
Graubünden, Switzerland
.
The class is so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, Ge 2/2 denotes a narrow gauge electric adhesion locomotive with a total of two axles, both of which are drive axles. There are only two locomotives in the class, and they are numbered 161 and 162.
Both
shunting locomotives in Poschiavo
.
On the
Appenzeller Bahnen
(AB), there is another locomotive, Te 49, that is of similar appearance, and dates from 1912. Between 1955 and 1975, it operated as Ge 2/2 49.
Further reading
- Patrick Belloncle, Gian Brünger, Rolf Grossenbacher, Christian Müller: Das große Buch der Rhätischen Bahn 1889-2001. ISBN 3-9522494-0-8
- Wolfgang Finke, Hans Schweers: Die Fahrzeuge der Rhätischen Bahn 1889-1998. Band 3: Triebfahrzeuge, Verlag Schweers+Wall Aachen, heute Köln, ISBN 3-89494-105-7
- Claude Jeanmaire: Die elektrischen und Dieseltriebfahrzeuge Schweizerischer Eisenbahn - Die Gleichstromlinen der Rhätischen Bahn. Verlag Eisenbahn, ISBN 3-85649-020-5